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Only one basic solution II (Posted on 2014-09-26) Difficulty: 2 of 5
A square root of BIKINI
is a domestic animal.

a.What English words fit the above definition?

b. What can be said about a generic (basic) solution?

See The Solution Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
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Solution computer assisted solution Comment 1 of 1
DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$, used(25)

Private Sub Form_Load()
 ChDir "C:\Program Files (x86)\DevStudio\VB\projects\flooble"
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf$ = Chr(13) + Chr(10)
 Form1.Visible = True
 DoEvents

 For b = 1 To 9
  used(b) = 1
 For i = 0 To 9
  If used(i) = 0 Then
   used(i) = 1
 For k = 0 To 9
  If used(k) = 0 Then
   used(k) = 1
 For n = 0 To 9
  If used(n) = 0 Then
   used(n) = 1
   
   bikini = 100000 * b + 10101 * i + 1000 * k + 10 * n
   sr = Int(Sqr(bikini) + 0.5)
   If sr * sr = bikini Then
     Text1.Text = Text1.Text & sr & Str(bikini) & crlf
     DoEvents
   End If
   
   used(n) = 0
  End If
 Next n
   used(k) = 0
  End If
 Next k
   used(i) = 0
  End If
 Next i
  used(b) = 1
 Next b
 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & " done"
End Sub

finds only

437 190969

so BIKINI = 190969 and its square root is 437.

So the domestic animal could be any animal with a 3-letter name where all three letters are different and none is found within BIKINI.

CAT and DOG are the obvious choices to fill the bill. While COW is domesticated, I don't think it would be called domestic. RATs are found domestically (around the house) in some circumstances; some are kept as pets.

  Posted by Charlie on 2014-09-26 10:30:55
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